Superimposed Forms
Artist: Jessica Dismorr (1885 - 1939)
Location: Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Date: 1938
Materials: tempera on gesso board
Dimensions: 46 x 61 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,500 (Total: £6,000)
Vendor: Gillian Jason Gallery
Review number: 4013 (1994)
Provenance:
The artist; John Quentin; Gillian Jason Gallery, London.
Description:
Dismorr was part of the Vorticist movement and exhibited with Group X in 1920. The curator at Birmingham wrote at the time, 'We see the acquisition of Dismorr's Superimposed Forms as a first step towards fulfilling our commitment to extending the representation of women's work. The painting in question is a strong, late picture by an artist who, at every stage in her career, demonstrated a consistent ability to respond in an original and personal way to the challenge of the new - from the freshly painted Fauve canvases of her early career to the cool precision of her later abstract style.'
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